Daily Archives: September 25, 2006

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

Think hard about what this article is saying for a moment. Think hard about the candidates and the description of the campaigns. See if you can identify the problem here. Rival hopes anti-Bush tide will sink Schwarzenegger SACRAMENTO, California (Reuters) … Continue reading →

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QUAGMIRE!

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

This is now, officially, a quagmire. There is no escaping it, the facts are there for the entire world to see. The body count stands at over 150 civilians each and every day dying in the senseless violence. 24/7/365. Over … Continue reading →

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I Feel So Much Safer – Don’t You?

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad assures us that there is no truth to the rumors that Iran is actively trying to acquire atomic weapons. Because everything in the Iranian program is under the ever-vigilant eye of the IAEA. You know. These … Continue reading →

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Well, I Guess We Know What Today’s Theme Has Been

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

I've noted before that some of the more, shall we say, odd stories I find out there seem to come in groups. Usually, but by no means always, in threes, for whatever reason. Today, the grouping seems to have been … Continue reading →

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Why Lieberman Has It Right

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

Joe Lieberman gave a speech today to the VFW in Connecticut. It was both a campaign speech and a call for unity. Whether you agree with the war in Iraq or how, why or when it occurred, it is important, … Continue reading →

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Launch Fails

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

The UP Aerospace SpaceLoft XL rocket launched today in New Mexico failed to attain altitude, spiraling out of control at about 40,000 feet. The company hopes to salvage the payload since the failed rocket landed within the same valley the … Continue reading →

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The Animal Uprising Takes A Really Nasty Turn

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

It's not bad enough that we have alligators pretending to be doormats. There is not enough terror already with thirsty, under-aged, sunburned, bald seals invading up and down the East coast. It's not even enough that we have drunken bears … Continue reading →

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Backfire

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

When the controversy first erupted over the ABC "docudrama" The Path to 9/11, I wrote that I thought Clinton and his defenders had made a horrible miscalculation. I still do. I think, however, that Bill Clinton made an even worse … Continue reading →

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Iran Wants Russians To Finish Reactor

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

Iran wants the Russians to finish building the Bushehr reactor project right now. Or they say they will finish it themselves. This does not bode well for the negotiations underway with the EU, I suspect. "In the event that the … Continue reading →

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The Mother Of All Smear Jobs

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

I mentioned the hit piece in Salon earlier. There have been a lot of people who have jumped on this one (Dan Riehl dug up some inconvenient information on the person Salon based the story on.) But the Allen campaign … Continue reading →

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Just So MSN IM Users Don’t Feel Left Out

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

I posted last week about a security flaw in AOL's Instant Messaging program that was spreading trojans like wildfire. Well, the hackers didn't want Microsoft IM users to feel left out apparently. MSN IM users have their very own security flaw that is being … Continue reading →

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Still More On The Arizona “9/11 Memorial”

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

AllahPundit has all the inscriptions now. Frankly, these are pretty disturbing. There are things here that stink of moral equivalence and a "blame America" attitude. It is very sad to see this. A million thanks to AZ Patriot, who did … Continue reading →

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THIS Officially Makes Deep-Fried Cricket Sound Good

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

The writer of the BBC story even mentions eating deep-fried cricket at one point in his career. But somehow, I really don't think this is going to catch on anytime soon: A penis restaurant. No, really. That's what they serve. … Continue reading →

Posted in Weird Stuff, World news | 1 Comment

Fade To Black?

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

Is MSNBC about to go under? Or at least cease to exist as a 24 hour news channel? Speculation is that it may do just that in the near future. The channel has been the perennial cellar-dweller in the ratings … Continue reading →

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Diplomatic Street Theater

Posted on September 25, 2006 by Gaius

I seems that the little "ruckus" that supposedly occurred at Kennedy Airport involving the Venezuelan Foreign Minister, may have been substantially less that Hugo Chavez made it out to be. All the reports I read over the weekend about this … Continue reading →

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